Assessments

Occupational therapy assessments are extremely helpful to plan future interventions, determine the child’s therapy needs and measure outcomes and progress. Assessments outlined below may be completed as part of a detailed functional capacity assessment report or individually to either access funding and/or assess current functional skills and plan interventions accordingly. Assessments can also be repeated to measure outcomes and progress.

We use a variety of assessments, listed below.

Toddler / Child Sensory Profile

The sensory profile is a parent questionnaire administered to parents or educators which helps evaluate a child's sensory processing patterns in the context of home, school, and community-based activities.

Please Note: Prior to conducting a Sensory Profile assessment, it is imperative that we complete multiple sessions with your child, approximately 5 sessions. This allows us to understand your child on a holistic level, which will enable us to make appropriate sensory recommendations based on the assessment findings and clinical observations.

Beery VMI Assessment

Beery Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration Beery VMI (Visual Motor Integration) sixth edition with sub tests of Visual Perception and Motor Coordination.

The Beery VMI is a visual-motor integration assessment tool. It helps assess the extent to which your child can integrate their visual and motor abilities to complete important daily tasks such as personal care activities, household tasks and school-based activities.

BOT-2 Assessment

Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second edition - BOT2 Brief.

The BOT-2 is an assessment which measures fine and gross motor skills. It focuses on stability, mobility, strength, coordination, and object manipulation.

DASH

Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting (DASH).

The DASH is an assessment tool which assesses a child’s handwriting. DASH helps identify kids with handwriting difficulties and provides relevant information for intervention planning.

PEDI-CAT

Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Computer Adaptive Test (PED-CAT).

The PEDI-CAT is a functional assessment which measures a child’s abilities in three functional domains: Daily Activities, Mobility and Social/Cognitive. The PEDI-CAT’s Responsibility domain measures the extent to which the caregiver or child takes responsibility for managing complex, multi-step life tasks.